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conflict

vr.tr.conflict · ACT.ACT

Let an agent describe conflicts neutrally by parties, issues, intensity, status and sources, and avoid taking sides or spreading unverified claims.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent describe conflicts neutrally by parties, issues, intensity, status and sources, and avoid taking sides or spreading unverified claims.

A serious disagreement or struggle between people, groups or states over interests, values, resources or territory, ranging from disputes to armed conflict.

What it is for: Understanding and resolving disputes; conflict is a subject of mediation, law, history and research.

It can be analyse its causes and parties; mediate and resolve it; report on it, with verified sources; track its status and humanitarian impact.

Distinguishing features

Opposing parties and incompatible goals

Intensity ranges from dispute to war

Armed conflict is governed by international humanitarian law

Territorial and administrative disputes are forms of conflict

What it looks like

Varies from negotiations and protests to violence; territorial disputes appear on maps as contested areas.

How it is recognised

Named parties and issues

Conflict datasets and maps of contested areas

Unrelated aliases such as aircraft names are data errors

Related models

involves - parties

person, organization, government

is resolved by - resolution

mediation and negotiation

is governed by - including humanitarian law

law

produces - effects

consequence

In practice

Families and kinds

interpersonal and workplace conflict

social and political conflict

territorial disputes

armed conflict: international and non-international

Identifiers

UCDP conflict id numeric Uppsala Conflict Data Program

Standards and regulation

UN Charter

Geneva Conventions and international humanitarian law

Workplace dispute resolution rules

Failure modes and hazards

Partisan framing

Spreading unverified claims or propaganda

Endangering people by revealing locations

Out-of-date status

Also called

territorial disputes of JapanKaman H-2 SeaspriteKaman HH-2D SeaspriteKaman SH-2 SeaspriteUH-2 SeaspriteAdministrative disputes in mainland Chinacivil conflictmainland China court decisionAdministrative Litigation (mainland China)women's suffrage movementAdministrative court cases in mainland Chinacountry in World War Icountry in World War IIadvisory opinionSupreme Court of Ghana decisionNorwegian Supreme Court decisionTaiwan Constitutional Court's DecisionsNevada Supreme Court decisionNigeria Supreme Court decisiondecision of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesiadecision of the Federal Social Courtdecision of the Federal Court of Malaysiadecision of the Supreme Court of the United Statesswiss federal court decisiondecision of Federal Constitutional Court of Germanyreference questionjudgment of the Constitutional Court of South AfricaSupreme Court of Israel decisiondecision of the Supreme Court of SwedenIsraeli district court decisionIsraeli magistrate court decisionstate in American Civil Warlocation in Spanish Civil Warbans on fascist symbolsTheory of obligationesdeditiodeferred prosecutioninternational crisistextbook controversylegal case

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.conflict-relation

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Parties and issues Who and over what.

Parties and issues define a conflict.

Parties

Actors involved.

Parties

The parties.

  1. Who are the parties to the conflict? provenance
  2. How does each describe its position? provenance

Issues

What is disputed.

Issues

Issues in dispute.

  1. What is disputed? definition
  2. What are the underlying causes, according to which sources? provenance
Status Where it stands.

Status changes quickly.

Intensity

Level of conflict.

Intensity

Intensity and trend.

  1. How intense is the conflict now, according to which data? measurement
  2. Is it escalating or de-escalating? measurement

Agreements

Ceasefires and deals.

Agreements

Agreements in force.

  1. Which agreements or ceasefires are in force? provenance
  2. Are they being respected? boundary
Impact On people.

Humanitarian impact matters most.

Humanitarian

Casualties and displacement.

Impact

Humanitarian data.

  1. What is the humanitarian impact, according to reliable sources? measurement
  2. How uncertain are the figures? measurement

Law

Violations.

Legal issues

Alleged violations.

  1. Which violations are alleged, and by whom? provenance
  2. Which bodies investigate? provenance
Reporting Neutral and safe.

Agents must report carefully.

Neutrality

Balanced language.

Neutrality

Fair description.

  1. Is the description neutral and attributed? boundary
  2. Are contested names noted? action

Safety

Protecting people.

Safety

Information that could harm.

  1. Could this information endanger people? boundary
  2. What should be withheld? boundary

What the second pass must settle

  • Should conflicts be instances with dataset ids?
  • How should disputed names and territories be handled neutrally?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases such as helicopter names; should they be removed?
Draft as JSON